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infantile paralysis is peculiar to man.
Years ago it was demonstrated
that infantile paralysis could be
transmitted from monkey to man by
the bite of a stable fly.
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FIVE DEAD IN FLOODS LOSS
TO PROPERTY HEAVY
Washington, July 17. Five per
sons known dead, hundreds injured
and missing, ten million dollars of
property destroyed, railroad traffic
and telephone and telegraph com
munication demoralized is the toll of
floods sweeping the Carolinas and
Virginia, known to date. Meager
disjointed details are drifting into
Washington over crippled lines of
communication. The floods are the
result of the hurricane of wind and
rain which struck the South Atlantic
coast Thursday, lifting rivers and
streams far over their banks.
The Southern Railway today prac
tically suspended traffic south of
Washington. Trains are unable to
proceed beyond Salisbury and no
wires are in operation south of that
point, Atlanta being reached by way
of Chicago and New Orleans. .
Western North Carolina is report
ed facing serious situation. Lake
Toxaway's big dam and two dams at
Hondersonville reported to have col
lapsed, setting free hundreds of tons
of water.
The Southern railway bridge over
the Catawba river at Belmont, S. C,
was washed away, carrying 18 men
into the river. It has not yet been
learned whether they were saved.
Asheville, N. C, the famous resort
city, is hard hit The French broad
river has broken its course neat
there, flooding factories and homes
in the lower part of the city. Two
persons were drowned attempting to
put food into the upper story of the
Glenn Rock hoteL Many are ma
rooned in their residences along the
river while rescue parties fight
against the Tushing current to res
cue them, i
Asheville was without lights last
night and water is flowing in swift
streams down many of the streets of
the lower city.
An earth fill at the Lookout pow
er dam, near Shelby, broke and the
East Mondo, WestMondo, Liladoun
and Alspauge cotton mills are under
water. A fall of water forty feet
high was reported rushing down from
Lookout Shoals last night
Practically all railway traffic in
southwest Virginia and eastern West
Virginia was tied up yesterday Dy
slides and washouts.
Asheville, N. C, July 17. Floods
that devastated Biltmore, model vil
lage on Vanderbilt estate, have left
500 persons homeless.
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GEN. BLISS TO PROBE MILITIA
AFFAIRS
Because of severe'criticism direct
ed at the war dep't relative to mo
bilization of the national guard
throughout the country, Gen; Bites
has been ordered to the Mexican bor
der to make a thorough Investiga
tion of all conditions there. He will
also report on the treatment the ml-
liti&meu received en route.
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